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A port in extreme northern Morocco, on the Straits of Gibralter.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Phoenicians | c. 1500 BCE | c. 600 BCE | Tangier | ||
To Carthage | c. 600 BCE | 201 BCE | Tangier | ||
To Mauritania | 201 BCE | 40 CE | Tangier | ||
To Roman Empire | 40 | 395 | Tangier | ||
To Western Roman Empire | 395 | 428 | Tangier | ||
To Kingdom of the Vandals | 428 | 534 | Tangier | ||
To Byzantine Empire | 534 | c. 635 | Tangier | ||
To Visigoths | c. 635 | c. 705 | Spanish | Tangier | |
To Caliphate | c. 705 | 789 | Tangier | ||
To Morocco | 789 | 1421 | Tangier | ||
Salih ibn Salih | 1421 | 1437 | Salihid Dynasty | Tangier | |
Abu'l Hasan 'Ali al-Mandari | 1437 | 1471 | Salihid Dynasty | Tangier | |
To Portugal | 1471 | 1580 | Tangier | ||
Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, conde de Olivença | 1471 | c. 1484 | Governor | Tangier | |
Manuel de Melo, conde de Olivença | c. 1484 | 1486 | Governor | Tangier | |
João de Meneses, conde de Tarouca | 1486 | 1489 | Governor | Tangier | |
Fernão Martins Mascarenhas | 1487 | 1489 | Interim Governor | Tangier | |
Manuel Pessanha | 1489 | 1490 | Interim Governor | Tangier | |
Lopo Vaz de Azevedo | 1490 | 1501 | Governor | Tangier | |
João de Meneses, conde de Tarouca | r. 1501 | 1508 | Governor | Tangier | |
Duarte de Meneses | 1508 | 1521 | Governor | Tangier | |
Henrique de Meneses | 1521 | 1522 | Governor | Tangier | |
Duarte de Meneses | r. 1522 | 1533 | Governor. From Évora. | Tangier | |
Gonçalo Mendes Sacoto | 1533 | 1536 | Governor | Tangier | |
Duarte de Meneses | rr. 1536 | 1539 | Governor | Tangier | |
João de Meneses | 1539 | 1546 | Governor. Different from the conde de Tarouca. | Tangier | |
Francisco Botelho | 1546 | 1548 | Governor | Tangier | |
Pedro de Meneses | 1548 | 1550 | Governor | Tangier | |
João Álvares de Azevedo | 1550 | 1552 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís de Loureiro | 1552 | 1553 | Governor | Tangier | |
Fernando de Meneses | 1553 | 1553 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís da Silva de Meneses | 1553 | 1554 | Governor | Tangier | |
Bernardim de Carvalho | 1554 | 1564 | Governor | Tangier | |
Lourenço de Távora | 1564 | 1566 | Governor | Tangier | |
João de Meneses | r. 1566 | 1572 | Governor | Tangier | |
Ruís de Carvalho | 1572 | 1573 | Governor | Tangier | |
Diogo Lopes da Franca | 1573 | 1574 | Governor | Tangier | |
António of Portugal | 1574 | 1574 | Governor | Tangier | |
Duarte de Meneses | 1574 | 1578 | Governor | Tangier | |
Pedro da Silva | 1578 | 1578 | Governor | Tangier | |
Jorge de Mendonça | 1578 | 1581 | Governor. Portugal conjoined with Spain, 1580-1640. | Tangier | |
Francisco de Almeida | 1581 | 1590 | Governor | Tangier | |
Belchior da França | 1590 | 1591 | Governor. Simultaneous with Simão. | Tangier | |
Simão Lopes de Mendonça | 1590 | 1591 | Governor. Simultaneous with Belchior. | Tangier | |
Aires de Saldanha | 1591 | 1599 | Governor | Tangier | |
António Pereira Lopes de Berredo | 1599 | 1605 | Governor | Tangier | |
Nunho de Mendonça | 1605 | 1610 | Governor | Tangier | |
Afonso de Noronha | 1610 | 1614 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís de Meneses, conde de Tarouca | 1614 | 1614 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís de Noronha | 1614 | 1615 | Governor | Tangier | |
João Coutinho, conde de Redondo | 1615 | 1616 | Governor | Tangier | |
André Dias da França | 1616 | 1617 | Governor | Tangier | |
Pedro Manuel | 1617 | 1621 | Governor | Tangier | |
André Dias da França | r. 1621 | 1622 | Governor | Tangier | |
Jorge de Mascarenhas, marquis de Montalvão | 1622 | 1624 | Governor | Tangier | |
Miguel de Noronha, conde de Linhares | 1624 | 1628 | Governor | Tangier | |
Galaaz Fernandes da Silveira | 1628 | 1628 | Governor | Tangier | |
Fernando de Mascarenhas, conde de Torre | 1628 | 1637 | Governor | Tangier | |
Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira | 1637 | 1643 | Governor. Portugal independent, 1640. | Tangier | |
André Dias da França | 1643 | 1645 | Governor | Tangier | |
Caetano Coutinho | 1645 | 1649 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís Lobo, barão de Alvito | 1649 | 1653 | Governor | Tangier | |
Rodrigo de Lencastre | 1653 | 1656 | Governor | Tangier | |
Fernando de Meneses, conde de Ericeira | 1656 | 1661 | Governor | Tangier | |
Luís de Almeida, conde de Avintes | 1661 | 1662 | Governor | Tangier | |
To Great Britain | 1661 | 1684 | Tangier | ||
Henry Hordaunt, Earl of Peterborough | 1662 | 1663 | Governor | Tangier | |
Andrew Rutherford, Earl of Teviot | 1663 | 1664 | Governor | Tangier | |
Sir Tobias Bridge | 1664 | 1664 | Acting | Tangier | |
John Fitzgerald | 1664 | 1665 | Governor | Tangier | |
John, Baron Belasyse | 1665 | 1666 | Governor | Tangier | |
Sir Henry Norwood | 1666 | 1669 | Governor | Tangier | |
John Middleton, Earl of Middleton | 1669 | 1670 | Governor | Tangier | |
Sir Hugh Chomondeley | 1670 | 1672 | Acting | Tangier | |
John Middleton, Earl of Middleton | r. 1672 | 1674 | Governor | Tangier | |
Budget Meakin | 1674 | 1675 | Acting | Tangier | |
William O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin | 1675 | 1680 | Governor | Tangier | |
Palmes Fairbourne | 1680 | 1680 | Governor | Tangier | |
Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory | 1680 | 1680 | Governor | Tangier | |
Charles FitzCharles, Earl of Plymouth | 1680 | 1680 | Governor | Tangier | |
Sir Edward Sackville | 1680 | 1681 | Governor | Tangier | |
Sir Percy Kirke | 1681 | 1683 | Governor | Tangier | |
George Legge, Admiral Lord Dartmouth | 1683 | 1684 | Governor | Tangier | |
To Morocco | 1684 | 1912 | Tangier | ||
Ali ibn Abdallah | 1684 | 1713 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Unknown | 1713 | c. 1824 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Si Muhammad ibn Mimun al-Gharwani | fl. c. 1824 | ? | Pasha | Tangier | |
Unknown | c. 1824 | c. 1892 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Sidi Muhammad Beni Abd al-Saduk | fl. c. 1892 | 1896 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Saduk | 1896 | c. 1905 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Si Seddik Bargach | 1905 | 1912 | Pasha | Tangier | |
Independent City | 1912 | 1940 | Tangier | ||
To Spain | 1940 | 1945 | Tangier | ||
Independent City | 1945 | 1956 | Tangier | ||
To Morocco | 1956 | Present | Tangier |
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